Come along and visit us at the Royal Highland Show (21-24 June) on 4th Avenue Stand 524. Together with Scottish Land & Estates we will be promoting our new and exciting ImbewuScotland initiative. Connecting urban youth with rural Scottish heritage through a series of residential experiences on Scottish Estates. Participants will learn first hand invaluable [...]
We bring you news of an exciting new exhibition that we felt would be of interest to our readers and supporters. Luce Choules // Lucy Steggals Artists in Residence Space Invaders commissions 2012: Faversham // Blue Town Originally shown in Kent as separate exhibitions during March this year, this show brings together these two bodies of work [...]
Four day Eco-therapy Trail for Outdoor Practitioners Wales, October 8-12th, 2012 The Wilderness Foundation UK is delighted to announce details of our ecotherapy trail running in October 2012, led by Hayley Marshall and Rob Collister. We will live and work as a group journeying through the landscape, where participants can discover what emerges for them [...]
Jock of the Bushveld is an enthralling animated movie of a wonderful dog in the wilds of Africa - Dr. Ian Player, Founder - Wilderness Foundation FOUR SHORT LEGS, ONE HUGE HEART Jock of the Bushveld is Africa's great animal classic. Now, a 3D animated movie has been made by Duncan MacNeillie and his team [...]
Trustee and wilderness expert Graham Game will be running a bushcraft skills day at Marks Hall Estate, Essex on Saturday 5th May 2012. Bushcraft - Skills for Life Saturday 5th May 2012 10.30am to 3.30pm £15.00 per person Join wilderness expert Graham Game for an introduction to the basic skills you need to thrive and [...]
Our Friends at the Puppet Barge Theatre located in Little Venice, central London are mounting a production of "Brer Rabbit visits Africa" opening on Saturday 24th March 2012. Brer Rabbit Visits Africa Brer Rabbit travels to Africa to visit his Grandmother. He gets himself into trouble, and all the animals of Africa, elephant, lion and [...]
[gravityform id="9" name="Wildlife Photographer Friends Evening 2012" title="false" ajax="true"] This is always a popular evening and tickets sell out fast, so please book soon to avoid disappointment. We look forward to seeing you.
The Wilderness Foundation UK was delighted to welcome renowned Everest mountain climber Cathy O'Dowd as our guest speaker at Haberdashers' Hall, London last night (26 Jan 2012) in an evening devoted to profiling the charity's groundbreaking leadership development programme for young women - Wild Swans. At 8:00 a.m. on 29th May 1999 Cathy O'Dowd, a [...]
The Foundation is now working with Chelmsford Women's Aid to deliver a programme for a number of vulnerable young people who have experienced violence. We urgently need to raise the funds to help these youngsters and are asking for your help by joining us at this quiz, organised by Marie Manning. THE BIG QUIZ Saturday [...]
Christmas is fast approaching and it may be that you haven't quite yet managed to pin down that slightly different or unusual gift for a loved one or friend. Here at the Foundation we have a couple of suggestions that might just help you out. An evening with Everest climber Cathy O'Dowd How about giving [...]
Cathy O’Dowd is the first woman to climb Everest from both south and north sides. She has stood on the slopes of the world’s highest mountain four times, reaching its summit twice. On Thursday 26th January 2012 Cathy will be our guest speaker at Haberdashers' Hall in London, donating her time to support and promote [...]
The Wilderness Foundation UK is pleased to confirm that it will be running two accredited "Leave No Trace" courses later this year. Once again our instructor will be Myles Farnbank and this time the courses will be based at our new rural offices in Chatham Green, Essex. Myles will be delivering two programmes for us: [...]
Join the Wilderness Foundation UK for an afternoon illustrated talk at Chelsea Physic Garden on Wednesday 8th June 2011 The tension between the impact of travel and tourism along with the need to conserve and care for the planet carries responsibilities. This discussion and illustrated talk takes a closer look at our carbon [...]
Blair Atholl Estate, Perthshire, Scotland 19th – 23rd May 2011 The Wilderness Solo Experience is an extended period of true solitude in a wild place providing an opportunity to connect with deeper aspects of ourselves and the world around us – in a way that is enriching, empowering and transformative. We will begin the [...]
Join the Wilderness Foundation UK and Rarer Cancers Trust for a fundraising evening of fun and games at Little Baddow Village Hall on Friday 17th June 2011. Our "Out of Africa" quiz and supper evening has an African theme - but don't be put off - most of the questions are general knowledge based and [...]